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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Greediness \Greed"i*ness\, n. [AS gr[=ae]dignes.]
The quality of being greedy; vehement and selfish desire.
Fox in stealth, wolf in greediness. --Shak.
Syn: Ravenousness; voracity; eagerness; avidity.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
greediness
n 1: an excessive desire for food [syn: {hoggishness}, {piggishness}]
2: an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts);
"the greediness of lawyers"
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